The Headmaster of Mfantsipim school has been asked to step aside for charging unapproved fees, a statement from the Ghana Education Service has revealed.
“As a result of the collection of illegal fees from students of Mfantsipim School, you are directed to immediately step aside from responsibilities as the Headmaster of the school, pending further investigations into the illegal collections,” the two paragraph statement said.
The statement further indicated that the Central Regional Director of Education will serve as the school’s headmaster as investigations into the case continue.
The issue of illegal fees has been a major challenge that has been lingering in some educational institutions for sometime now.
In 2015 , 9 Headteachers of some basic schools who overcharged the registration fees for Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE) were demoted to the rank of teachers.
The GES in a bid to address this challenge warned all teachers to desist from the practice or face the full rigours of the law.
It also released approved fees for second-cycle institutions for the 2015/16 academic year to address this challenge.
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By: Marian Ansah/ citifmonline.com/Ghana
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